maestro-mobile-demo

Trying out maestro

• https://github.com/mobile-dev-inc/maestro
• https://maestro.mobile.dev/
• https://alexander.ghost.io/maestro-alternative-simpler-mobile-automation/

Dependencies

• run brew tap mobile-dev-inc/tap
• run brew install maestro

Real devices or simulator (it will auto-run on whichever is available & connected)

Android

• Android Studio
• Java

iOS

• Xcode
• run brew tap facebook/fb
• run brew install facebook/fb/idb-companion
• run idb_companion --udid {id of the iOS device}, use xctrave list devices to show available uuids https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/deployment/depece748c41/web

Run

maestro test <flow-yaml-here>

Prefix with time to measure command execution

Future

Utilise https://github.com/danielpaulus/go-ios for better iOS device control (not simulator)

Issues

Android

Exception in thread "pool-2-thread-1" dadb.AdbStreamClosed: ADB stream is closed for localId: f6c11363

iOS

• Cannot connect to simulator frequently & consistently
• UI elements are not not always found, even though they're visible on screen